News

B2B Payments
Newly Available Data Finds UK Banks Slashing Small Biz Loans
July 01, 2016

The spread of U.K. bank branch closures has forced financial institutions in the market to halve their small business lending operations over the last three years, according to reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Loyalty & Rewards
Transforming Marketing In The Digital Age
July 01, 2016

In today’s digital landscape, where tech-savvy consumers tend to have the upper hand, reaching and engaging with them can be more challenging than ever. A boring email or stale message on social media just won’t cut it – without value, consumers aren’t paying attention. But...

B2B Payments
Time To Panic For London’s FinTechs?
July 01, 2016

It’s been a week since the Brexit vote, and the market has widely agreed that a wait-and-see mentality is probably the best way to survive the residual volatility. That may be true for some, but Tomas Likar, VP of Strategy and Business Development at B2B...

International
UK Debit Cards Surpass 100M Mark
July 01, 2016

The circulation of debit cards in the U.K. has hit a major milestone. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

Regulation
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: GE Small Enough To Fail Edition
June 30, 2016

In the wake of the financial crisis, concerns about financial institutions that were “too big to fail” reached a crescendo and led to wide public outcry about regulations. That outcry ended with Dodd-Frank, a financial reform bill that tapped all of the expected players, and...

Merchant Innovation
Index Accelerates Digital Data In A Physical World
June 30, 2016

ECommerce retailers are seen as having some significant advantages over their brick-and-mortar counterparts — increased access to customer data and relevant analytics about how different segments shop and what they spend, being chief among them. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Judge: Visa, MasterCard Merchant Antitrust Settlement Overturned
June 30, 2016

A $7.25 billion antitrust settlement over credit card fees between Visa, MasterCard and millions of retailers was tossed out by the 2nd U.S. Circuit of Appeals in New York. According to Reuters, this is the largest all-cash antitrust case in U.S. history. Get the Full Story Complete...

eCommerce
Another Uber Of X Folds
June 30, 2016

The best description of Handy is as a house cleaning service, insofar as cleaning is by far its most popular features. But Handy is, ironically enough, not quite correctly summed up so handily since its vision is a bit broader.  In short, Handy is a...

Retail
Kellogg’s Opens Retail Location To Replace Hot Cereal With Haute Cereal
June 30, 2016

When most people think Kellogg’s as a brand, they think Corn Flakes or maybe Raisin Bran. What no one thinks is “yuppie street cred.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...